CVE•Published 2022-11-23•1 article on news•7 live references•NVD data
CVE-2022-40303
Vulnerability data via CVEDB (Shodan)
CVSS v3.1
7.5
HIGH
EPSS percentile
97
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 3% of all CVEs
Description
An issue was discovered in libxml2 before 2.10.3. When parsing a multi-gigabyte XML document with the XML_PARSE_HUGE parser option enabled, several integer counters can overflow. This results in an attempt to access an array at a negative 2GB offset, typically leading to a segmentation fault.
Timeline
Published 2022-11-23
External references
Search for exposed instances
Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).
Shodan · vuln tag0 hosts
vuln:CVE-2022-40303Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.
Shodan · product
product:"Netapp Active Iq Unified Manager"All exposed Netapp Active Iq Unified Manager instances — cross-reference with the CVE's affected-version range.
Shodan · banner/body mention
http.html:"Active Iq Unified Manager"HTTP body or banner mentions "Active Iq Unified Manager" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.
More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2022-40303Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2022-40303Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2022-40303Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2022-40303GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2022-40303" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.